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Mexico paid a similar new issue premium for its $9bn deal last week
◆ What has driven this week's record issuance and what might threaten sentiment ◆ Why the Maduro affair is a wake-up call for the EU ◆ Resolving Venezuela's debtberg
New issue premiums were slim for the LatAm sovereign duo
It will take years and huge amounts of money to get Venezuela in a state to restructure its debt
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The world’s largest wheel manufacturer, Iochpe-Maxion, on Tuesday became the fourth Latin American issuer in four business days to issue a sustainability-linked bond (SLB). The Brazilian issuer sold a $400m seven year deal with an apparently more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction target than the one set by Mexican car parts supplier Metalsa on its own SLB last week.
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Oil and gas producer Pan American Energy sold $300m of six year bonds on Tuesday in the first international new issue from an Argentine borrower since July 2019, surprising some market participants who had been sceptical about its chances.
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AES Dominicana, the Dominican power generation company that is 85% owned by AES Corp, began investor calls on Monday ahead of a proposed $300m bond that will mostly be used to fund a tender offer for bonds maturing in 2026.
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Brazilian cosmetics group Natura sold a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) on Monday offering an exceptionally high coupon step-up of 65bp if it does not meet sustainability targets. Though the greater increase was to compensate for the shorter time between the potential step-up and maturity than on most SLBs, it succeeded in grabbing the attention of EM bond buyers.
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After Mexican conglomerate Femsa became the first issuer from the Americas to sell a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in euros last week, Latin America bond origination bankers say they expect the region’s companies to continue to embrace the format.
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Puerta de Hierro, a toll road project in Colombia’s Caribbean region, has tapped a combination of Colombian, Latin American and international investors to sell a Colombian peso inflation-linked social bond amid a wave of ESG-related issuance in Latin America.